The High Court of Zimbabwe has granted Econet’s urgent chamber application to temporarily suspend the execution of a court judgment which would allow law enforcement authorities to seize Econet database of customers.

The Judge who made the ruling -Justice Edith Mushore- is said to have “slammed” the warrant, comparing it to Rhodesian law enforcement conduct;

Econet had challenged the warrant on the basis that it violated its right to privacy of its 11 million subscribers and that it was too vague as it did not specify which premises where covered and the officer who would execute the warrant.